How to Be a Freelance Writer

By Merryl Kowalska

How to Be a Freelance Writer is a course on how you can start a professional freelance writing career. If you are fond of writing, then you can turn it into a business. However, freelance writing is a professional craft, and the competition can be fierce. To increase your chances of success, you need to know how the game really works.

 

How to Be a Freelance Writer teaches the ins and outs of becoming and living the life of a true freelance writer. You will learn the basics and the technical aspects of this very fine craft. If you love writing, then it is really good to explore the world of freelance writing. Indeed, there are people who have left their regular day job to write successfully full time as a freelance writer.

 

This book will teach you how you can safely venture into a freelance writing career. Do not worry; you do not need to risk everything by leaving your current job right away. We are going to do it step by step. You will also learn how to craft the so-called query letter, which is a very important weapon of a freelance writer in getting new writing projects.

 

Freelance writing is a vast world. There are those who earn a very high income, but there are also those who earn just a few coins; and worse, some do not earn anything at all and even get scammed in the process. This book addresses all these things. Surely, by the time that we conclude our journey, you will be well on your way to becoming a real freelance writer.

 

Are you ready to learn the craft of freelance writing? If yes, then let me now welcome you into this wonderful world where you get paid to write, and where you can be happy -- because you deserve to write and be happy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Merryl Kowalska
• Release date: Dec 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215288160

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Introduction

How to Be a Freelance Writer is a course on how you can start a professional freelance writing career. If you are fond of writing, then you can turn it into a business. However, freelance writing is a professional craft, and the competition can be fierce. To increase your chances of success, you need to know how the game really works.

How to Be a Freelance Writer teaches the ins and outs of becoming and living the life of a true freelance writer. You will learn the basics and the technical aspects of this very fine craft. If you love writing, then it is really good to explore the world of freelance writing. Indeed, there are people who have left their regular day job to write successfully full time as a freelance writer.

This book will teach you how you can safely venture into a freelance writing career. Do not worry; you do not need to risk everything by leaving your current job right away. We are going to do it step by step. You will also learn how to craft the so-called query letter, which is a very important weapon of a freelance writer in getting new writing projects.

Freelance writing is a vast world. There are those who earn a very high income, but there are also those who earn just a few coins; and worse, some do not earn anything at all and even get scammed in the process. This book addresses all these things. Surely, by the time that we conclude our journey, you will be well on your way to becoming a real freelance writer.

Are you ready to learn the craft of freelance writing? If yes, then let me now welcome you into this wonderful world where you get paid to write, and where you can be happy—because you deserve to write and be happy.

What is Freelance Writing?

Freelance writing is the craft of writing where you offer your pen to another, and you get paid for it. Freelance writers are like the assassins in the world of writing. You offer your pen under service for another in exchange for payment.

It is a really interesting and fun world, but it also has so many challenges. Do not allow these challenges to discourage you. After all, the challenges that every mountain presents are what makes the climb even more interesting and meaningful.

If you love writing, then you have already complied with the most important requirement. All the other things that you need to be successful in this kind of career are learnable skills that you can develop through constant practice.

In general, how does freelance writing work? It is as simple as providing written work and getting paid for it. There are also times when freelance writing may branch out to ghostwriting where you create written material and someone else gets the credit for the work. In exchange, they will pay you for it. Since you will not have a by-line as someone else will take the credit, ghostwriting usually pays a higher compensation. Still, it is all about offering your pen (your service) in exchange for compensation.

Freelance writing is fun. The more that you spend time freelance writing, the more that you will be exposed to